Admiral Yamamoto's Bunker — Attraction in East New Britain

It's quite small but also attached to a cool little museum. The guy who runs the museum is great and very knowledgeable about the war. He gives excellent talks. There is a shot down Japanese zero there which was awesome. I highly recommend going there as part of one of the tours. The Max time you could spend at just that stop would be about an hour IMO. Our tour guide Mary...

The bunker's atmosphere was stifling, a thick veil of heat and moisture. By the end, my clothes clung to me, drenched in perspiration. Amidst the dim light of the smartphone torch emerged inscriptions in the wall. A fellow traveller, versed in high school Japanese, deciphered them as a list of names and numbers, an enigmatic roster from a...

Cool little war museum showing the history of Rabaul during WW2 with some artefacts and photos. There's a Japanese concrete bunker on the grounds you can enter and have a look around. No entry fee or wait to get inside when I visited on a Monday. There's about a dozen locals out front selling the usual wood carvings, fridge magnets and...